Heathrow airport continues to defy critics over London 2012 traffic but is bracing itself for ‘biggest peacetime transport challenge' on Thursday

With falls in production forecast after severe weather problems, traders are speculating about possible export taxes or even a ban

Results from the German carmaker were not as bad as feared as operating profit fell 13% and underlying earnings stayed flat

UK oil group gets the upper hand after the Russian state oil group's enters the contest for the conflict-plagued joint venture TNK-BP

Utility will postpone investment approval for North Sea project to at least early 2013 because of legal uncertainties over revenues in Germany

The eurozone crisis is to blame for poor results at the steelmaker, where the group must look at permanently closing plants

On the day that Peugeot reports a €819m loss in the first half of the year, French socialist government boosts subsidies for electric and hybrid cars

Competition regulator alleges that the French pharmaceutical group Servier and the Danish company Lundbeck breached antitrust rules

Chief insists carmaker is ‘not on the verge of bankruptcy' as he moves to calm fears about the speed at which the company was burning through cash

Oil group reports price volatility offsets higher production and improved refining margins, while downstream earnings buck recent trend by advancing from $1.1bn to $1.3bn